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ROME: Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva set a new women’s pole vault
world record of 5.03m at the Golden League meeting here on Friday
but former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell suffered an injury
scare.
Isinbayeva bettered her previous world record of
5.01m set in Helsinki in August 2005.
The Olympic and world champion, making her first
appearance of the season outdoors, has now set 22 world records in
the event (12 outdoor and 10 indoors).
Her latest world record comes just four weeks
before the Beijing Olympics get underway and took her closer to one
of her ambitions—beating Ukrainain Sergei Bubka’s record of
setting 35 world records in the men’s polevault.
“I was ready for the record. It’s what I
wanted,” said Isinbayeva.
-- AFP
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